This time, your patronus shines bright and cuts through the darkness around you. The creature hovering above the older woman reacts by turning towards you. You got it to abandon the older woman but the happy memory that allows you to conjure the patronus is making the cloaked figure turn towards you instead.

As it moves away from the older woman, it reaches out a rotting hand towards you. As it gets closer, your patronus charges forward, flapping its wings to protect you from the complete darkness that you know the creature brings.

For a moment, you're unsure whether your patronus will be enough but the dark creature suddenly retracts. It's obviously unwilling to leave you or the older woman behind but is eventually forced back. It retreats back into the shadows, chased away by a bright, shining bird of a patronus.

The older woman on the ground whimpers, covering her face with her hands. "Help..." She whimpers, rocking back and forth. "Leave me alone..."

Was she talking to you? The hooded figure? ... Something else?